27Administering poison

27 Administering poison (1) A person commits an offence if the person: (a) intentionally administers a substance to an animal; and (b) knows the substance is poison. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if: (a) the person is a veterinarian acting in the normal course of veterinary practice; or (b) the person is a person, or within a class of persons, exempted by regulation; or

Animal Protection Act 2018 19 (c) the conduct or a circumstance of the offence is exempted by regulation. Note for subsection (2)